如梭

rúsuō
phrase #28,602

Meanings

  1. 1 like a shuttle
  2. 2 swiftly (describing fast movement or passing of time)

Examples

HSK 5
Rìyuè rúsuō, shíguāng bù děng rén.
Days and months fly by like a shuttle - time waits for no one.
HSK 7-9
Suìyuè rúsuō, zhuǎnyǎnjiān háizi men dōu zhǎngdà le.
Time flies like a shuttle - in the blink of an eye, the children have all grown up.

Tips

culture
is the weaver's shuttle that darts back and forth on a loom. 如梭 evokes the rapid back-and-forth motion to describe the swift passage of time. The full idiom 日月如梭 (sun and moon like a shuttle) is very common.

Stroke Order

suō